Upper Management; Chapter 11

Byakuya had only spent two nights at Renji's place, but already it was feeling like a dream for Renji. He was so happy waking up with Byakuya next to him and so cheerful wherever he went that the other workers started to wonder if everything was alright with him. "Hey Renji," Hisagi said as he stopped Renji who was humming happily while taking inventory, "is everything alright?"

Renji smiled, "Yeah, why wouldn't it be?"

"Well…it's just, you're awfully happy, and the other workers and I sort of thought you'd be depressed since Mr. Kuchiki was gone…so we're all really confused." Hisagi said.

Renji stared at him for a long moment, "…right, of course I would be sad, normally, that is, if it weren't for the fact that…I…" he paused and tried to think of a reason that he would be happy even though Byakuya was gone, "that I got a postcard from Byakuya!" Renji felt relieved when he saw that it seemed to be a viable answer for them to accept.

Hisagi smiled, "That's great Renji, what did he say?"

Renji stared at him again. 'Why does he keep asking questions?' Renji thought with nervous anger. "Um, n-nothing much…just the same old, wish you were here….you know Byakuya, a man of little words…"

"Oh, well that doesn't seem like something all that great to be happy about…" Hisagi said.

Renji frowned and blushed, "Are you kidding me? Just the fact that he was thinking of me enough to send me a post card would make me happy! I would have died of happiness before I even read the postcard when I saw it was from him!"

"I'm sorry man, I didn't…of course, yeah, I understand that…wait, you make it sound as if you didn't really get a post card." Hisagi said confused.

"Ah…" Renji frowned, "you just misunderstood me, now enough chatting, we have work to do!" Hisagi nodded and walked away. Renji sighed relieved. Byakuya would be extremely mad at him if anybody found out he was staying with him.

Renji saw Grimmjow finish up a conversation with Ichigo and leave. Grimmjow was still trying his best to get Ichigo to see that he loved him. Ichigo had told him about Grimmjow's attempts so far. They were pretty bad. Hopefully this next one would be more convincing. Renji walked over to Ichigo. "Hey, what did he want this time?"

Ichigo sighed, "He asked me on a date."

Renji smiled, "That's great. It'll be your first date together, right?"

Ichigo nodded and blushed, "Yeah…I'm just worried it's going to be just as awful as his previous attempts at love."

"Hmm, yeah, but dates are pretty straight forward. I'm sure it'll be great." Renji assured Ichigo. Renji wasn't really sure that it would be great. It was Grimmjow after all, but Ichigo needed the assurance and Renji was going to give it to him. Renji patted Ichigo on the shoulder then went back to work. He sighed and wished that he could be at home with Byakuya.

Byakuya was happy that Renji was allowing him to stay with him. He was so grateful that he wanted to do something in return. Byakuya looked around the house for something that he could do to repay Renji. Renji was already a neat person to begin with so there wasn't really anything for Byakuya to clean. Byakuya walked into the bathroom and noticed that the hamper was full. "I guess I could do his laundry. That would probably help him out." Byakuya gathered up the laundry into a basket then looked around the apartment. He sighed and set down the laundry basket when he found no washer machine or dryer. "How does he wash his clothes?" Byakuya thought for a moment then pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "Hello, Rukia? This is Byakuya. I wanted to help Renji out by doing his laundry, but I can't find the washer machine and dryer."

Rukia smiled. "Some apartment complexes have a laundry room with machines that are shared by all. You'll have to go there to do his laundry. Oh, and be sure to bring some quarters with you to use the machines, and your own detergent."

Byakuya nodded, "Okay, I understand. Thank you Rukia, good bye." He hung up the phone and sighed. "…quarters and detergent…" Byakuya remembered seeing a jar of quarters by the front door. He walked over and picked up the jar. It had a post it note on it that read 'Laundry Quarters.' Byakuya nodded. Now it made sense. Byakuya found the detergent and gathered it up with the jar of quarters and laundry. He didn't know how much quarters he would need so he decided to take the whole thing.

Byakuya was feeling proud of himself. He had located the laundry room on his own, put Renji's clothes in the washer machine along with the detergent, and figured out how to work the washer machine. He waited for Renji's clothes to finish then pulled them out of the washer machine. He stared confused at the clothes that he pulled out. "These weren't this color before were they…?" Byakuya stared at the light pink undershirt he had pulled out. "Oh…I forgot to separate the colors…"

Byakuya fidgeted nervously in Renji's apartment while he waited for Renji's return. He didn't know how to fix the clothes so he had just dried them then headed back up to the apartment. He had neatly folded the clothes and put them away. He didn't know what to do with the whites that he had ruined and so had left them in the basket. He sat on the couch and tried reading a book to distract himself. He sighed frustrated and set the book aside. "I'll just start dinner."

After work Renji decided to go to a bakery on the way home and pick up a cake for him and Byakuya to share. Renji stared at the different selections that the bakery had. 'Hmm, I don't really know what kind of cake Byakuya likes…oh! I know!' Renji smiled in thought. "I'll get the dark chocolate cake, please." The employee boxed up the cake for him. Renji purchased it then left the bakery and headed for home.

"I'm home," Renji said as he entered his apartment and closed the door behind him.

Byakuya was sitting on the coach reading a book. He looked up from it to look at Renji. "Welcome home."

Renji blushed. If Byakuya had smiled with that welcome he would have died right there. "T-thanks…I brought cake."

Byakuya set down his book and stood up, "Dinner is almost ready. We can have it afterwards."

Renji nodded, "Right, I'll put it in the fridge." Renji headed towards the kitchen.

Byakuya grabbed his wrist and stopped him. He kissed Renji on the cheek. "Thank you."

Renji blushed and touched his cheek, "For what? It's just cake…"

Byakuya shook his head, "For everything." Byakuya sighed and looked away from Renji. "Let's eat." Byakuya headed into the kitchen to serve the food.

Renji frowned. Byakuya seemed a bit depressed. "Hey Byakuya, is everything alright?"

Byakuya flinched at the question, "…yes, of course."

Renji walked up behind Byakuya and wrapped his arms around his waist. "Are you sure? You look upset about something."

Byakuya shook his head. "I'm fine." He put the food on their plates then set them on the table. "We should eat soon before the food gets cold."

Renji nodded and sat down. He watched Byakuya as he ate his food. Byakuya was acting weird. Suddenly thanking him, avoiding eye contact, and he was acting sad and depressed. Renji frowned, "Are you breaking up with me?"

Byakuya looked up at him surprised. "What? No! Of course not!"

Renji sighed relieved. "Then what is it Byakuya? You're worrying me."

Byakuya looked away embarrassed, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you. It's just…I wanted to do something for you to help out. So I decided to do you're laundry…but I didn't separate the whites from the colors…and so now you're whites are all pink."

Renji smiled. Byakuya was so cute. Renji stood up and walked over to Byakuya. He tilted Byakuya's head back and kissed him. "Thank you for doing my laundry Byakuya. That really helped me out a lot."

"You don't care that your underwear is going to be pink?" Byakuya asked dolefully.

Renji smiled and shook his head. He kissed Byakuya on the forehead. "Are you ready for dessert?" Byakuya nodded. Renji got out the cake and cut each of them a slice. He set Byakuya's piece in front of him. "I got dark chocolate because it isn't as sweet. I hope you like it."

Byakuya took a bite of the cake and nodded. "It's very good."

Renji smiled, "Great! I'm so glad that you like it. I wasn't sure what to get, but I know that dark chocolate isn't that sweet, so I thought you might like it since you don't really like sweets." Byakuya stared at him. "…what?"

Byakuya shook his head and took another bite of his cake. "Nothing, you just put more thought into that then I think you should have."

Renji blushed, "Well excuse me for loving you so much…." He mumbled as he took a bite of the cake and pouted.

Byakuya glanced at Renji. He covered his smirk with one hand and stroked Renji's cheek with the other. "I'm sorry. That was mean of me. I'm really glad you love me enough to want to get me a cake that I would like. Thank you."

Byakuya leaned over and kissed Renji. His tongue slipped past Renji's lips. Renji had just eaten a piece of the cake so the chocolaty bite was still in his mouth. When Byakuya pulled away from the kiss Renji found that it had left his mouth along with Byakuya's tongue. "Ah…you stole my cake." He blushed.

Byakuya smirked as he chewed and swallowed the bite. "I'm sorry," he cut off a bite from his slice and held it out on the fork in front of Renji, "you can have some of mine. I'll even feed it to you."

Renji blushed, "Ah…um…"

"Open up," Byakuya said while moving the fork towards his mouth. Renji quickly opened his mouth and closed his lips around the fork and cake when it entered. Byakuya pulled back the fork from Renji's mouth, his lips removing the cake from the fork. "There, does that make up for me stealing your cake?"

Renji wondered what Byakuya would do if he said no. He stopped in thought for a moment. With Byakuya it could go either way. He might react with something sexy, or he might get mad. For some reason Renji thought that either one would be fine with him. He wondered if he was becoming a masochist or something.

Byakuya poked Renji's cheek with the fork. "Hey, Renji, are you okay? You aren't choking are you?"

Renji shook his head and finished the cake in his mouth before he spoke, "Ah, sorry, I'm fine."

"Good." Byakuya intertwined his fingers together and then rested his chin on top of them. "You didn't answer my previous question, 'Did that make up for me stealing your cake?'" Byakuya's eyes challenged Renji. Renji wasn't quite sure what the challenge meant, but he could guess.

Renji shook his head, "No, it did not."

Byakuya raised his eyebrow. His mouth didn't smile, but his eyes did. He was obviously pleased by Renji's answer. "Oh? Then maybe you would like me to feed you some more cake?"

A thought popped into Renji's mind. Renji didn't know if he should entertain the idea, but he decided it was worth a try. He swallowed the lump that was forming in his throat so that he could speak. "No, I don't think that would make up for it either."

Byakuya slowly looked up from the cake to Renji. Surprise shown in his eyes then quickly flashed away and was replaced by something else. He obviously wasn't expecting that answer from Renji. Renji didn't know what had replaced his surprise, but whatever it was it sent a chill down his spine. Byakuya gazed at Renji with his dark brown eyes, the unknown emotion still present in them. "I see." Byakuya stood up.

Renji pushed himself back from the table and stood up, "Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean-." Byakuya pushed him back down into his chair and straddled his waist. He took Renji's cake and cut off a piece and placed it in his mouth. He then kissed Renji, the piece of cake transferring from his mouth to Renji's. Byakuya placed his hand behind Renji's head as he continued to kiss him. The piece of cake melted in Renji's mouth, the taste of chocolate swirling around with their tongues. Renji moaned and wrapped his arms around Byakuya's waist to pull him closer; the feel of Byakuya's lips against his and his hot wet tongue made Renji feel dizzy with pleasure. When Byakuya pulled away it took Renji a moment to readjust.

"There, that should make up for it, right?" Byakuya asked. Renji couldn't quite place the emotion that was present in the other man's eyes, but Renji could tell that it was challenging him again.

Renji wasn't sure, but he decided to surge ahead. So far Byakuya seemed to be okay with Renji's little "defiances." Renji studied Byakuya's gaze as he spoke, "No, because you took a piece from my cake, not yours."

Renji finally figured out at the moment what he had been seeing in Byakuya's eyes. It was amusement. Byakuya chuckled and picked up the plate that held his slice of cake. "You're right, my mistake. I'll be sure to fix that right away." Byakuya took a bite of his piece and kissed Renji again. Renji became dizzy again from the pleasure that swirled in his mouth. Renji gasped for air when Byakuya pulled away.

Byakuya licked his lips. "Mmm, shall we continue eating the cake like this?"

Renji shook his head, "No, I'd much rather eat you." Renji moved the cake aside and lifted up Byakuya and laid him down across the table.

Renji unfastened Byakuya's belt and was about to set it aside but stopped. Byakuya must have gotten the same idea as Renji because when Renji looked into his eyes they commanded him, 'Do it.' Renji put Byakuya's wrists together and fastened the belt around them. He placed Byakuya's bound hands above his hand and resumed with removing the rest of Byakuya's clothing.

Renji slipped off the lower half of Byakuya's clothing. He wasn't able to remove Byakuya's shirt because his hands were bound but he lifted it up enough so that he could see Byakuya's bare chest. He gazed at Byakuya's gorgeous porcelain skin. Renji ran his hand along Byakuya's hardening cock which released a gasp from him. A whimper of sorts escaped from Byakuya's mouth. Renji knew that Byakuya wanted him to hurry and pleasure him. He was more than willing to oblige.

Renji bent towards Byakuya's cock and placed his mouth over it only long enough to slicken it with his saliva. Byakuya panted at the hot feel of Renji's mouth. After Byakuya's cock had been removed from Renji's mouth he immediately replaced it with two of his fingers. Byakuya watched as Renji ran his tongue along the along the length of his pointer and middle finger. He made sure to thoroughly lick every part of their surface. When he was satisfied he inserted them slowly into Byakuya. Byakuya hissed at the slight pain, but he was okay with it. It gave him pleasure at the same time.

Renji made sure to carefully prepare Byakuya. He didn't want him to feel any pain. When Renji finished prepping Byakuya he positioned his cock at Byakuya's entrance. Renji kissed Byakuya as he entered him. He trailed his kisses down Byakuya's neck which left marks on his porcelain skin. He gripped Byakuya's hips and moved inside of him. "Ah, Renji!" Byakuya gasped. Byakuya wrapped his legs around Renji's waist. Renji placed his hand on Byakuya's chest and ran his thumb over his nipple. Byakuya groaned as Renji pinched the tender pink nub. Renji then bent forward and licked it which enticed another sound from Byakuya's lips. Renji placed his other hand around Byakuya's cock. He slowly started pumping it. "Renji! Ah! Shit…more! Please…ha…" Byakuya begged. Renji placed his hand behind Byakuya's head and kissed him. He continued his administrations on Byakuya's hard member as he thrust harder into Byakuya's needy ass. Renji finally reached Byakuya's sensitive spot. Byakuya cried out Renji's name as he continued to move his cock against it.

"Renji…! I'm…ha…ah! Coming!" Byakuya cried.

Renji felt Byakuya's ass tighten around his cock as Byakuya came. Renji panted as he drew closer to his climax. "Ah! Byakuya!" Renji cried as he released his hot cum. Renji slowly pulled out of Byakuya. He quickly undid the belt around Byakuya's wrists. "Are you okay?" Renji asked worriedly. They had never done that before so he didn't know if Byakuya had liked it or not.

Byakuya smiled and sat up. He wrapped his arms around Renji's neck and drew him close to him. Their lips inches apart. "Mm, that was fun, but I like being able to touch you a lot better." Renji smiled and kissed him. "You were so commanding Renji. It was sexy."

Renji blushed, "R-really?"

Byakuya nodded, "Yeah, you should take charge a lot more."

"I-I don't think I could do that." Renji said nervously.

"Hmm, that's a shame." Byakuya said. He looked Renji over as if he were reevaluating his potential.

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try it occasionally." Renji said quickly.

Byakuya nodded satisfied. "Good."

Renji stared in disbelief at Byakuya. "You are not wearing that. I already told you, it's too noticeable and it doesn't work!"

Byakuya stood in front of Renji wearing a hat, trench coat and sunglasses again. "I've already fooled several people with it, including Rukia."

Renji sighed. He didn't know how to break it to Byakuya that his sister was probably acting like one does when they're playing hide n seek with a small child. "I see…but what about me? Don't you think people will put two and two together when they see you with me?"

Byakuya nodded, "You're right. You'll need a disguise also." Renji sighed. That's not what he meant.

Renji didn't know how Byakuya had convinced him to wear a hat, trench coat, and sunglasses. Maybe it was love, or maybe it was the nice weather outside brightening his spirits and making him feel like he could get away with anything. Byakuya and Renji were walking on the sidewalk towards their destination when Renji spotted Hisagi and Yumichika walking towards them. "Ah, Byakuya, we got to get away before they spot us-." Too late. Hisagi had already seen the two and was smiling and waving as he walked towards them. Byakuya waved back. Renji frowned and put down his hand. "Stop that, we're in real trouble here!"

Hisagi now stood in front of them smiling with Yumichika frowning next to him. "Hey Renji, what's up? You decided to show your uncle around town?"

Renji nodded quickly, "Ah, yeah, this is my uncle…um…"

"Kuchiru," Byakuya said, "we met before at the supermarket. Hisagi introduced himself to me." Renji stared at Byakuya in disbelief. He had picked a name that was one syllable different from his real name. Why on earth was Hisagi being fooled by such an obvious lie? Renji shook his head. It didn't matter. What mattered was that it was working.

Hisagi nodded, "Yeah, I ran into him when he was buying chocolate syrup for a sundae he was going to make you."

Renji blushed. "I-I see…so um, what are you and Yumichika up to?"

Hisagi was about to answer but Yumichika stopped him. "We're on a date," Yumichika said as he held onto Hisagi's arm, "so if you don't mind, we'll be leaving now."

Hisagi blushed, "Yeah…see ya." Yumichika dragged Hisagi away from the two. Renji grinned. He would have to congratulate Hisagi later.

Byakuya grabbed Renji's hand. "Renji, we should go too."

"Ah, right," He had almost forgotten their reason for coming out today. Byakuya had wanted to go see a movie that he had seen a trailer for on television. Renji didn't know what movie it was that they were going to see. He had never heard of it before, but he didn't feel like it was a good idea to go to the movies dressed like this regardless of what movie they were watching.

Renji had decided that it would probably be best for him to take off his disguise when buying the tickets. "I'll have two tickets for Beastly." Renji said as Byakuya stood behind him. Renji noticed the curious look the cashier was giving Byakuya. "He's allergic to the sun…" Renji lied in an attempt to make them seem not so weird.

The cashier nodded her head in understanding and handed Renji the tickets and took his money."…enjoy the movie."

Renji smiled, "Thanks." Byakuya and Renji walked into the theatre. Renji advised Byakuya in at least taking off the trench coat and hat so that they wouldn't be stopped and questioned. Byakuya agreed and took them off. Renji handed the tickets to the ticket person who directed them towards their theatre. "Did you want something to eat or drink?" Renji asked Byakuya while pointing to the concession stand.

Byakuya shook his head, "No thank you, popcorn and a drink are always a bad combination. The popcorn makes you thirsty, and the drink makes you have to go to the bathroom and miss the movie."

Renji grinned, "I understand, I'll just get some for myself then."

Byakuya grabbed his arm to stop him."You can't. Then I'll want some."

Renji stared at Byakuya for a moment to see if he was serious. He smiled and patted Byakuya's hand. "Alright, I won't get anything."

Byakuya held Renji's arm and rested his head on his shoulder. "Thank you." The two walked to their theatre and chose a seat. Byakuya said that Renji could decide where they sat since he was kind enough to not buy popcorn. Renji chose a seat in the center of the theatre. He wanted a seat more towards the back, but he didn't want Byakuya to get the idea that he wanted them to make out or anything. Renji blushed at the idea.

The theatre darkened as the trailers came on. "Hey," Byakuya whispered to Renji, "the arms for the chairs go up. Did you want to cuddle?" Renji nodded and Byakuya lifted up the arm. He scooted closer to Renji, who put his arm around Byakuya's shoulders.

Renji liked having Byakuya close to him, but he started to feel a little self-conscious. He didn't know what Byakuya expected from this date. Ichigo told him that he didn't want to go to the movie theatres with Grimmjow because he knew that he would pounce on him the moment the lights went off. Renji knew that Byakuya wasn't like that, but maybe he expected him to? Did Byakuya feel insulted because Renji didn't want to? Well…it's not that he didn't want to… Renji's mind continued to swarm with different thoughts.

Byakuya felt Renji's body grow tense. He looked at Renji and sighed. He poked his ribs which caused Renji to jump in surprise. "Renji," he whispered, "stop thinking so much about sex and watch the movie."

Renji blushed. "How is it you always seem to know what I'm thinking?" he asked quietly.

Byakuya snuggled closer to him. "Because it's written all over your face…I take that back, it's written all over your body."

Renji blushed even more when he felt himself getting a hard on. "I…I don't know why…"

"Just don't think about it, and it'll eventually go away." Byakuya said. Renji nodded and tried to do as he said, but the more he tried to ignore it, the more it felt like it was getting worse.

"I'm sorry…" Renji said quietly, "I'll just go to the bathroom and take care of it." Renji stood up to go, but Byakuya grabbed his hand to stop him. Renji felt a little hopeful and thought maybe he'd offer to go with him.

Byakuya handed him his trench coat, "Wear this so people won't notice it."

Renji blushed and put the trench coat on, "…thanks." He exited the theatre and headed to the restroom. He sighed as he entered one of the stalls. It was normal for a couple not to have sex everywhere they went, but he had hoped that maybe Byakuya was going help him out. Renji understood though that Byakuya had also wanted to see this movie, and Renji didn't want him to miss it. So he was fine with it.

Renji sat on the toilet and undid his pants. He closed his eyes as he began to pump his cock. He thought of Byakuya as he did so. He brought to mind the past images of him ravishing Byakuya. "Ah..ha…mmm," Renji had to cover his mouth to muffle his moans. He imagined what would have happened if Byakuya had come with him. How he would have pushed Byakuya up against the stall and fucked him till he was crying out his name. The image drew Renji closer to his climax. Renji cried out Byakuya's name as he came.

"Hmm, so you do think of me when you masturbate." Byakuya said.

Renji blushed and looked up to find Byakuya looking over the top of the stall. He had his arms rested across the top and was resting his head on them. "Shit…! Were you watching me the whole time?" Renji asked embarrassed. His face increased in redness every second.

Byakuya smirked. "Hurry and clean up, the movie is about to start." He jumped down from the toilet he was standing on and exited the bathroom. Renji straightened himself up quickly and washed his hands. He found Byakuya waiting outside of the bathroom for him. When Byakuya saw Renji exit the bathroom he turned and started walking towards the theatre. Renji smiled as he watched Byakuya. Byakuya frowned and turned back towards Renji. "Are you coming?" Renji blushed and nodded. Byakuya sighed and reached back and grabbed Renji's hand. He pulled Renji along behind him towards where their movie was showing.

Renji thought the movie was pretty good. Byakuya didn't really like it that much. "I see its good points…" Byakuya said, "but I still liked the book better."

Renji smiled, "I think that's how most people who have read a book before watching a movie that was based on it are."

Byakuya grabbed Renji's hand to hold. He had resumed wearing his "disguise" so Renji could only imagine how weird he looked walking next to Byakuya and holding his hand. "Thank you for taking me out to see it."

Renji grinned and kissed Byakuya on the cheek. "It was my pleasure." Renji was contemplating the movie. "You said in the book that he was turned into a beast, like in Beauty and the Beast, so he was all hairy, but in the movie he just had weird tattoos and scars. It seems to me it'd be a lot easier to accept someone like the guy in the movie than a hairy monster…. Hey, what do you think would be easier for you to accept me? If I was hairy or had the tattoos?"

Byakuya glanced at Renji then looked away in thought for a moment. "…just a couple things, for one, you already have weird tattoos and I've accepted you…"

Renji frowned, "They're not weird."

"They are, and two, you would never be cursed for being too full of yourself and good looking. So it doesn't matter." Byakuya said.

"…I don't know whether to take that as a compliment on my personality or an insult on my looks." Renji said while thinking over Byakuya's words. "Besides, it's just a 'what if' scenario, it doesn't have to be realistic….are you trying to tell me you wouldn't accept me if I was hairy?"

"It's not just a matter of hair," Byakuya said calmly, "you would have it all over your body and it would be…well, beastly, but no, I would find a way around the hair and accept you. But then you'd turn back to normal so I wouldn't really have to accept your hair hairiness."

Renji frowned, "You would because I can't turn back to normal unless you accept me!"

Byakuya sighed, "This conversation is pointless."

Renji grinned and wrapped his arms around Byakuya's shoulders. "Ah, you know you'd be able to accept me. I'd be like a big cuddly bear."

Byakuya frowned, "…it'd be weird. Stop making me think about it."

Renji let go of Byakuya and laughed, "Alright, I'm sorry. I'll stop talking about it." A thought popped into Renji's head. "…the sex would be-."

"Enough!" Byakuya said annoyed.

Renji blinked stunned. "…is that what you were saying would be weird?" Renji grinned, "Were you thinking about the-." Byakuya glared at Renji. Renji didn't know that it was possible to glare through sunglasses but Byakuya did it. Renji held Byakuya's hand and kissed him on the lips to smooth the feathers he had ruffled. "Alright, I'm sorry. I won't talk about it anymore."

After a moment of walking back towards the apartment Renji said, "Do you think it would be considered bestiality?" Byakuya snatched his hand away from Renji and stormed angrily away from him. Renji tried to stop himself from laughing as he chased after Byakuya. "Wait, I'm sorry. I was just kidding! I'll really stop this time."

Renji and Byakuya had made their way back to the apartment. Byakuya was still mad at Renji and refused to speak to him. Renji sighed as he laid next to Byakuya in bed. "I'm real sorry Byakuya. Please forgive me."

Byakuya was turned away from Renji. "Forget about it. You're not getting any tonight."

"…I don't care about that…can I…can I at least cuddle you?" Renji asked. Byakuya laid there silently. Renji watched him for an answer. He smiled when he saw Byakuya slightly nod his head. Renji scooted closer to Byakuya and wrapped his arm around his waist. He rested his head in the crook of Byakuya's neck. "Mmm, I love you Byakuya."

Byakuya sighed, "I love you too…"

A/N: Sorry this couldn't be uploaded sooner. I have been trying to upload it but the web kept giving me error messages so I guess it took them a while to fix it, but here it is now. XD Also, check out my profile page to vote on what story I'll write next.